Apparatuses and systems for preparing a meat product
AssigneeUpside Foods, Inc.
InventorsMatthew Leung, Michelle Warner, Ryan Edward Vanderpol, Thomas Pei-Ja Hsiu, Kathleen Carswell
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Abstract
The apparatuses described herein relate to preparation of a meat product. Apparatuses, systems comprising the apparatuses, and methods of making and use the systems and apparatuses are described herein. These are useful for controlling one or more of growth on and separation of a meat product from an enclosed substrate. The apparatuses and systems are configured to receive fluid and grow the meat product and/or separate the meat product from the substrate in a scalable manner.
Claims21
A method for forming cell-based meat, comprising:
- providing an enclosure having a cavity and a substrate, wherein at least a portion of the substrate is non-horizontal and non-vertical relative to a ground surface;
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- flowing cells suspended in a fluid media across the substrate in a manner that allows at least a portion of the cells to adhere to the substrate to form cell-based meat.
A method for growing a cell-based meat product, comprising:
- providing an enclosure having a cavity and a substrate, wherein a shape of the substrate is planar and an orientation of the substrate is non-horizontal and non-vertical relative to a longitudinal axis of the enclosure;
- circulating a fluid comprising cells across the substrate;
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- culturing the cells into cell-based meat.
A method for growing a cell-based meat product, comprising:
- providing an enclosure having a cavity and a substrate, wherein the substrate is non-horizontal and non-vertical relative to a ground surface;
- circulating cells suspended in nutritious media across the substrate to cause one or more cells to adhere to the substrate;
- circulating the nutritious media to the one or more cells by causing the nutritious media to contact the one or more cells at a first flow rate;
- and
- harvesting the one or more cells from the substrate by causing the nutritious media, a buffer solution, an enzymatic solution, a saline solution, a fluid including air bubbles, a fluid having higher viscosity than the nutritious media, or a combination thereof to contact the one or more cells at a second flow rate, wherein the second flow rate is higher than the first flow rate.
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